IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

BLACKWATER SECURITY CONSULTING, LLC, a

Delaware Limited Liability Company; and

BLACKWATER LODGE AND TRAINING

CENTER, INC., a Delaware Corporation

Plaintiffs,

vs.

WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE

COMPANY, a Georgia Corporation

and

EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois

Corporation

and

FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW

YORK, a South Carolina Corporation

and

LIBERTY INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS, a

Massachusetts Corporation

Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-6020

DEFENDANT, WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE

COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

TO TRANSFER VENUE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a)

Defendant, Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company (hereinafter “Westchester”) by

and through its undersigned counsel hereby responds, in part, to Defendants’ Motion to Transfer

Venue as follows:

1. It is admitted that Westchester does business and has contacts in North Carolina.

2. It is admitted that Westchester is incorporated in Georgia and has a principal place

of business in Roswell, Georgia. 

8. It is admitted that Westchester is aware of no relationship between Pennsylvania

and the issues in dispute in this action, none of the events related to the issuance of Westchester’s

policy took place in Pennsylvania and there are no witnesses or documents relating to the

issuance of Westchester’s policy located in Pennsylvania.

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WHEREFORE, Answering Defendant, Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company

consents to Defendants’ Motion to Transfer Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).

BY: /s/ Francis J. Deasey (Valid Code FD1214) 

 /s/ James W. Daly (Valid Code JD1216) 

FRANCIS J. DEASEY, ESQUIRE (Atty. ID 25699)

JAMES W. DALY, ESQUIRE (Atty. ID 37660)

Deasey, Mahoney & Bender, Ltd.

1800 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1300

Philadelphia, PA 19103

215-587-9400 (PHONE)/215-587-9456 (FAX)

fjdeasey@dmbphila.com

DATED: May 1, 2006 jwdaly@dmpphila.com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, FRANCIS J. DEASEY, ESQUIRE, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the

Defendant, Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company’s Response to Defendants’ Motion to

Transfer Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) , was served this date, via United States First

Class Mail, postage prepaid, to all counsel of record addressed as follows:

Dennis J. Valenza, Esquire

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

1701 Market Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921

215-963-5000 (PHONE)

215-963-5001 (FAX)

Paul A. Zevnick, Esquire

Harvey Bartle, IV, Esquire

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20004

202-739-3000 (PHONE)

202-739-3001 (FAX)

John C. Sullivan, Esquire

Post & Schell, P.C.

Four Penn center

1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA 19103

L. D. Simmons, II, Esquire

Helms, Mulliss, Wicker

201 N. Tryon Street

Charlotte, NC 28202

Francis P. Burns, III, Esquire

Lavin, O’Neill, Riccio, Cedrone & DiSipio

190 North Independence Mall West

Suite 500, 6 & Race Streets th

Philadelphia, PA 19106

William Briggs, Jr., Esquire

Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP

2001 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006-1040

BY: /s/ Francis J. Deasey (Valid Code FD1214) 

 /s/ James W. Daly (Valid Code JD1216) 

FRANCIS J. DEASEY, ESQUIRE (Atty. ID 25699)

JAMES W. DALY, ESQUIRE (Atty. ID 37660)

Deasey, Mahoney & Bender, Ltd.

1800 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1300

Philadelphia, PA 19103

215-587-9400 (PHONE)/215-587-9456 (FAX)

fjdeasey@dmbphila.com

DATED: May 1, 2006 jwdaly@dmpphila.com

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